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> no one would like the US to constrain wheat or corn exports for example. Are you sure? I don't know much about US agriculture exports, but the aggressively s
by dao- 9y ago
> no one would like the US to constrain wheat or corn exports for example.
Are you sure? I don't know much about US agriculture exports, but the aggressively subsidised exports from the EU are known to cripple agriculture in Africa.
- jopsen 9y agoAs is barriers to importing from Africa..
- mc32 9y agoPretty sure constraining supply would have a ripple effect on food prices everywhere because those two grains are the basis for much of "processed" foods as well as feed for meat producers, etc. What poor African counties arguably don't need is "dumped" donated aid which undercuts their farmers and weakens their agriculture and makes them increasingly dependent on foreign aid as well as enriches and strengthens the position of those in charge of distributing this largesse (i.e. corrupt local officials)
- AstralStorm 9y agoDepends on the country in question and whether there is a humanitarian crisis. Moist of these are avoidable, such as droughts and desertification of pastures, but African farmers cannot afford measures to do it and the minor change from doing direct aid will not help.